"Blogger's FAQ: Student Blogging." Electronic Frontier Foundation. 2005. w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-students.php accessed Nov 9, 2007.
Legal and ethical guide, FAQ style.
Utecht, Jeff. "Teacher 2.0: The Evidence." TechLearning, May 24, 2007. www.techlearning.com/blog/2007/05/teacher_20_the_evidence.php Accessed Nov 9, 2007.
Includes Blogging Rubrics for use with students, and a discussion of assignment outputs in Web 2.0 formats.
Sage - http://sage.mozdev.org/
Plugin for Firefox browser for managing feeds - accessible only on the machine you download it to, via your firefox browser
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes
Downloadable feed reader for audio & video podcasts - accessible only on the machine you download it to.
BLOGS
Blogging: Read this First!
Harris, Christopher. "Digital Reshift: Critical Clicks: Blogging." School Library Journal. 53.3 (2007).http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/840000284/post/1250007925.html?q=blogging
Very brief intro to blogging.
Oatman, Eric. “Blogomania!” School Library Journal 51.8 (2005): 36-39. http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA632382.html
Older and basic intro to blogging.
Blogging Resources
"Blogger's FAQ: Student Blogging." Electronic Frontier Foundation. 2005.w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-students.php accessed Nov 9, 2007.
Legal and ethical guide, FAQ style.
Utecht, Jeff. "Teacher 2.0: The Evidence." TechLearning, May 24, 2007.
www.techlearning.com/blog/2007/05/teacher_20_the_evidence.php Accessed Nov 9, 2007.
Includes Blogging Rubrics for use with students, and a discussion of assignment outputs in Web 2.0 formats.
Blogs to Read:
AASL Blog - http://blogs.ala.org/aasl.phpAmerican Association of School Librarians - news, resources, conference session notes.
Blogging Libraries - http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=School_libraries
A wiki with a list of libraries around the world with blogs.
School Library Journal - http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/620000062.html
Amy Bowllan's Blog on School Library Journal site.
California School Library Association's Blog - http://schoollibrarylearning2.blogspot.com/
A blog that includes a tutorial on some Web 2.0 tools.
Blogging Tools:
Feed Readers:Bloglines - http://www.bloglines.com
Web based, multimedia feed reader.
Google Reader - http://www.google.com/reader
Simple, easy to use feed reader - log in via iGoogle
My Yahoo! - http://my.yahoo.com/s/about/rss/index.html
Personalized homepage featuring your favorite RSS feeds
Sage - http://sage.mozdev.org/
Plugin for Firefox browser for managing feeds - accessible only on the machine you download it to, via your firefox browser
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes
Downloadable feed reader for audio & video podcasts - accessible only on the machine you download it to.
Blog Directories:
Technorati - http://www.technorati.com
Directory, with blogging stats and top lists
Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com
Directory of podcasts (audio blogs)
YouTube - http:///www.youtube.com
Archive and directory for podcasted, mostly amateur video
Blog Hosts
Blogger - http://www.blogger.com
Google owned blog host. Free.
Pod-o-matic - http://www.podomatic.com
Free podcast recording & storage, direct to web
Six Apart - http://www.sixapart.com
Owns Livejournal, Typepad, Moveable Type & Vox. Free & fee options.
Wordpress - http://www.wordpress.com
Blog host. Free & fee options.